[Python-ideas] Make py.exe default to Python 3

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Tue, Mar 08, 2016 at 11:32:34PM -0500, Alexander Walters wrote:

> Windows is not *nix.  Supporting *nix idioms should not be a priority.

Python is over two decades old and we're up to version 3.5. You can 
hardly call this "a priority". It's been a long time coming.

Besides, it surely depends on whether or not the idiom in question is 
valuable. Windows, and DOS before it, has copied many idioms from Unix 
over the years, as Unix/Linux have copied from Windows. For better or 
worse.


> >So add an option to the installer to not set that file association.
> >It's been a while since I installed a Python on my Windows machine,
> >but IIRC that option may already be there (I could be mistaken,
> >though).
>
> It's there, and VERY easy to miss.  Once installed, it is a pain to get 
> rid of, since the uninstaller does NOT take it out.

Then you should submit a bug or enhancement request to have that fixed.

-- 
Steve